Taylor

Taylor began as an occupational English surname for a cutter of cloth, from the Old French tailleur. It became one of the first great unisex crossover names in American naming history, surging in the 1980s and 90s for girls especially, before settling into comfortable everyday use for both. Two syllables, TAY-lor, with an easy swing. Elizabeth Taylor lent it violet-eyed glamour, and Taylor Swift has given it a whole new cultural chapter for a new generation. The name feels confident and unfussy, suited to boardrooms, ball fields, and backstage passes alike. Taylor reads friendly and self-assured, a name that works at any age.